Comments on: Redskins: Why do they keep failing?

By: Cloak & Dagger

Cloak & Dagger — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:08:26 +0000

This is an ADA issue because public accommodations such as football stadiums are required to provide auxiliary aids and services which includes closed captioning.

Synder and the Redskins have so much revenues and they cannot use the undue financial burden for not modifying the TV screens to include closed captioning.

Did it ever occur to you that this lawsuit may not only benefit deaf people but hearing people who can read the captioning if the noise is too loud for them to hear the announcements? Same thing in bars and restaurants that have TVs.

Oh, that’s right. You didn’t realize that because you’re too busy moaning and bitching about deaf people. Loo-hooo-ssssser!

On the other hand - Brunell broke records yesterday with 22 consecutive passes. Not bad for a comeback, but….Redskins still suck :)

By: Mookie

Mookie — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 02:20:42 +0000

Well…well, Qwerty

Guess what? Redskns fans complain over the Redskin radio..
Some Fans Say Redskins Radio Fumbles Game Broadcasts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....01755.html

I bet thousands of Redskin fans especially deaf hardcore fans are gonna to kick Dannyboy’s royal ass…

By: qwerty

qwerty — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:33:58 +0000

so if you all support shame suing the redskins and think he is such a wise decision maker. let me ask you this question you think everything you see cc on the tv is broadcasted over speakers at the football game? new flash for you all it is not broadcasted…nothing is really annouce people go to the game and scream. what is shane expecting them to cc the fans screaming?? you go to the football game and watch it not sit there and talk to your friends and when you miss a big play or call cry and bitch since it was close caption just for deaf people convience of not paying attention to the game.

where is the substance in this law suit it is gonna get laughed out the door.

shane is suing about cc you cannot bring up other ada issues or how ****** the stadium design is or how it was built.

what’s next hearing people suing football teams cuz it is too loud inside of the stadium?

By: A Policy Wonk

A Policy Wonk — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:36:13 +0000

Ditto… Shane is not one to sit around passively. He likes to take action and make himself heard — but he does choose his battles. He wouldn’t have done this if he didn’t feel strongly about it. He’s a lifelong football fan, played in high school, and just wants the same access that the other 3x,000 fans at FedEx field get — access that is provided within the guidelines of the ADA.

I’ll admit that I prefer watching games at home (football, basketball, soccer, baseball, etc.) because I can just flip on the captions. I’m too lazy to sue, and besides, I don’t have season passes for anything. But I’d love to go to a game and know what the announcers are saying.

By: Jt

Jt — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:10:41 +0000

I am genuinely sorry for how you feel.

Those who know Shane can easily confirm that he chooses his battles wisely. He is a man of principle, and the rest of us should congratulate him on such self-advocacy. For I bet that YOU… had you gone to a single game and realized that you couldn’t hear the announcements along with all the other fans… you would have just grimaced and shrugged your shoulders. Like the rest of us. It’s what *I* would have done, too. Just shrugged my shoulders: “Oh well.”

But not Shane. Like you and me, he has probably encountered all kinds of situations in which one feels seriously screwed over- but unlike you and me, he actually did something about it. For the greater good of the community, too. Not -only- deaf people are going to benefit from the accommodations that *will* eventually be provided by the Redskins.

The reason you outlined is pathetic. “He shouldn’t have sued because now everyone will think we’re crybabies”. Had you come up with a far more intelligent argument, I might have sat back to absorb; but luckily, I have an excellent BS detector.

By: qwerty

qwerty — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:34:23 +0000

Why dont you ask SHANE??? after all he is suing them… more reason for hearing peoeple in DC to view us deafies as cry babies… for a guy that went to RIT he is no different then those kids last spring at gally.

I love going out in DC now to be viewed as a cry baby and if I dont get my way they are scared that they ll be sued or all the deaf people will come over and protest.

By: The Sage

The Sage — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:04:15 +0000

Brandon Jacobs? He’s the backup to Tiki Barber in New York. Perhaps you meant Brandon Lloyd. Either way, the Redskins overpaid for the guy.

By: RLM

RLM — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:48:37 +0000

FYI, JT. The National Park Services and the GAO already had their own internal investigations and made conclusion that the NPS had been improperly influenced in their decision for letting Dan Synder unnecessarily cutted down the trees on his property adjoined to the public land.

By: skins_fan

skins_fan — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:21:55 +0000

first of all,
al saunders is bringing a completely new offensive scheme to the Washington redskins. saunders’ plays made the chiefs one of the most productive offenses in the last couple years. it was a completely smart move to snatch him from kansas city. but with a new offense, it takes a while to truly understand it. it would be impossible for the whole team to be able to truly understand and execute his offensive plays within training camp and pre-season. every coach has their way of executing offense. it just takes time to get used to. this is why we don’t see much of t.j. duckett, a player who joined after training camp and the pre-season. he still needs to be brought up to speed, while the rest of the team is still trying to comprehend the offensive scheme.
Brunell just plains sucks. and while i do blame a the o-line a little bit, it still comes down to brunell. he holds that ball wayyy too long. he needs to take shorter drop steps, and look for quick dump offs to the wide-outs. with the return of portis, we can start to see a little pressure taken off brunell because defenses will stop blitzing as much. as of now, the redskins dons have a “decent” tailback (runningback). Betts has always been a decent rb. he shows flashes of good plays, then completely sucks the next week.
as of snyder, hes just a retard when it comes to running a productive football team. but everything he does behind the scenes, new stadium, marketing, etc… makes him a genius. he bought the redskins for about 700 million i believe. now the redskins are valued at over 1 billion dollars, and is considered the “richest” football team in the NFL. i think that says something about snyder’s marketing schemes. but when it comes to signing players, he could do a little…ALOT better.
but hey, that’s just my 2 cents.

By: Jt

Jt — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:54:03 +0000

Speaking of just THAT, here’s what the Washington Biz Journal had to say:

http://washington.bizjournals......tory7.html

Hope you have a subscription- but if not, the local vendors will likely have printed editions. CVS did. I hear it’s a good read!